Improvement in fences



l)OHN DQ TIFFT.

lmvprovemen` irl-Fences.

N0, 119,670, l A Y Patented Oct. 3,7187.

UNITED STATES JOHN D. TIFFT, OF OUYAHOGA FALLS, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN FENCES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 119,670, dated October3, 1871.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN D. TIFFT, of Cuyahoga Falls, in the county ofSummit and State of Ohio, have invented a new and valuable Improvementin Fences; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,and exact description of the construction and operation of the same,reference being had to the annexed drawing making a part of thisspecication, and to the letters and iigures of reference marked thereon.

Figure l of the drawing is a representation of a side elevation of myinvention.

This invention has relation to an improvement in the construction offences composed of Wire strands and wooden palings. The novelty consistsin separating the wire at different places and linking the ends togetherby means of an extensible coupling, about which is placed anIndia-rubber collar or cushion. The object is to compensate for theexpansion and contraction or" the wire from the eiiects of the weather,and prevent the same from breaking in the one case or sagging in theother.

In the accompanying drawing, A represents the wire; B, the palings, O,the fence-posts; D, inclined braces for supporting the upper wire, D',supports for lower wire. E represents an India-rubber block or collar,having a metallic washer, F, at each end, and placed over the two linkedextensible parts of the wires. In order to make this coupling I form aneye or loop, e, in the end of one wire and pass through said eye or loopthe end ofthe other wire and form a loop on it to encircle the firstwire. The wires are in this Way held together, but will expand withoutcoming apart. I so arrange the eyes or loops at a distance apart as toallow space for contraction. I place the rubber block or collar E withits washers over one or both wires before forming the link, the eyes orloops of which, when completed and bent over, rest against the washersF. The blocks e prevent the wire from sagging down at the point ofconnection ofthe two Wires. The palings B and wire-supports D Dl areheld to the wires by means of staples d d'. The supports D Dl aredesigned to prevent the fence from swaying between the posts. v Theupper supports D D are placed in an oblique posi tion, one on each sideof the fence. The lower support Dl is placed under the lower wire, towhich it is connected by means of a staple in its upper end.

I claim as my inventionl. In a wire fence, the wire ends encircling eachother by means of the sliding loops e c, in combination with the rubbersleeve E and the washers F F, all constructed as specied.

2. In a Wire fence, the combination, with the wires A A, oi' the slats BB, inclined supports D D, and foot D', all attached to said wires bymeans of staples, as specified.

ln testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

-JOHN D. TIFFT.

Witnesses JAcKsoN HANOVER, WM. T. MILLER. (130)

